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Galway (; (アイルランド語:Gaillimh), ) is a city in the West of Ireland in the province of Connacht. Galway City Council is the local authority for the city. Galway lies on the River Corrib between Lough Corrib and Galway Bay and is surrounded by County Galway. It is the fourth most populous urban area in the Republic of Ireland and the sixth most populous city in the island of Ireland. According to the 2011 Irish Census, Galway city has a population of 75,528; however, the agglomeration is far bigger.〔〕 ==Name== The city's name is from the river ''Gaillimh'' (River Corrib) that formed the western boundary of the earliest settlement, which was called ''Dún Bhun na Gaillimhe'' ("Fort at the mouth of the Gaillimh").〔David B. Quinn ("Columbus and the North: England, Iceland, and Ireland" ), ''The William and Mary Quarterly'', Third Series, Vol 49, No. 2 (Apr., 1992), pp. 278–297〕 The word ''Gaillimh'' means "stony" as in "stony river" (the mythical and alternative derivations are given in History of Galway). Historically, the name was Anglicised as ''Galliv'',〔Kavanagh, Mary. ''Galway-Gaillimh: a bibliography of the city and county''. Galway County Council, 2000.〕 which is closer to the Irish pronunciation as is the city's name in Latin, Galvia. In common with many ancient cities, Galway has its own origin myth. According to this mythic version, Galway is named after Gaillimh (Galvia), the daughter of a local chieftain, Breasail, who drowned in the River Corrib. The surrounding area became known as Áit Gaillimhe (Galway's Place). The city also bears the nickname "The City of the Tribes" ((アイルランド語:Cathair na dTreabh)) because "fourteen tribes" of merchant families〔They were the merchant families of Athy, Blake, Bodkin, Browne, Darcy, Deane, Font, Ffrench, Joyce, Kirwin, Lynch, Martyn, Morris, Skerrett.〕 led the city in its Hiberno-Norman period. The term ''tribes'' was often a derogatory one in Cromwellian times. The merchants would have seen themselves as Irish gentry and loyal to the King. They later adopted the term as a badge of honour and pride in defiance of the town's Cromwellian occupier. Residents of the city refer to themselves as 'Galwegians' and, to a much lesser extent, 'Tribesmen'. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Galway」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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